Ns_frigid

Mouse · June 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">yeah.. I should change the name...</div> <img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0000.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0001.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0002.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

These screens are from the left hive.

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/frigidlayout.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Chookz · June 2005

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />~

Can't wait mouse, I reckon it's going to be awesome.

Call it ns_underground or something similar.

Lt_Gravity · June 2005

"supershrunk me"? looking great but the layout suggests a pretty small map.

maybe you could say some words regardign the background so we dont have to guess whats up in this map <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

Naigel · June 2005

Woah, the screens look good... but the layout? Isn't that very very small?

Olmy · June 2005

Is that a pit that kills you I see in those screenies? If so isn't that going to severely reduce the fade's usefulness against jetpacks in that hive?

Depot · June 2005

Reminiscent of mineshaft methinx. Good job Mouse.

Mouse · June 2005

@Naigel
Yes and no, it's roughly about 60% of the size of hydrosity. That layout was done in Hammer, the thin corridors are 128 units wide, the wider corridors are 192 units. While this is just a preliminary layout (there are no additional rooms shown), the map will only noticably increase in size if it's shown to be unbalancing.

@Olmy
Yeah, the pit will kill you if you fall in it; although the areas where you can 'easily' fall are limited. Additionally, thanks to the supports, if a jetpacker wants to be continuously attacking the hive, they have a pretty small airspace.

@Depot
Less than half of the map occurs below ground, the rest is in an overhead facility.

nogoodnickname · June 2005

cool

TychoCelchuuu · June 2005

Godspeed good Mousey
May your latest map rock hard
And be official

Scythe · June 2005

Frigid eh? Where omega bulkhead breach containment?

/me searches though his old archives to find the original ns_frigid.

--Scythe--

Mouse · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scythe @ Jun 12 2005, 12:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Frigid eh? Where omega bulkhead breach containment  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
that was attrition.

Crispy · June 2005

Good to see that you managed to incorporate that section into ns_frankenstein <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

kolokol · June 2005

That map looks very sweet indeed. If it dosen't have ns_huge syndrome i think i know some ppl who would love to pt it.

Mouse · June 2005

It's about 60% of the size of ns_hydrosity.

Skacky · June 2005

Looks very nice <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

But the rock texture, what it name ? I search it but I don't find... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

moultano · June 2005

The architecture and texturing look pretty good. (although that hive could use some infestation and you have some pretty squarish rocks.) But I really think you could do something more interesting with the lighting. Personally, I think I would eliminate the railing lights and put overhead spotlights or textlights pointing at the walkways with a yellowish color, then have some diffuse blue, red, or orange lights curving over the rocks.

If you want to keep the current walkway lights, I'd suggest making the railing cast a shadow, or using some other method of making the lights more localized, and then adding another diffuse color curving over the rocks. Maybe a blue or some such, something that compliments orange well.

CarNagE1 · June 2005

It does look nice but so much open space would it be hard for skulks, no hiding spots i see <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /> try to make some of thouse rooms smaller. Add some sort of lamps.

Mouse · June 2005

@Skacky
wall_rock01 ns2.wad

@moultano
I'm not too sure what I'll do as far as the infestation is concerned, unless I have a hard line between the infestation and the rocks, I can't think of any easy way to have them next to each other. I'll probably come back to it when I finish the map.
Barring some random soft light over the rocks, I doubt I'll be changing the lighting much if at all. I'm quite fond of the 'dull' look the current lighting gives the room.
As for the squarish rocks, the main reason for those is so the r_speeds don't get too high, as there are no visblocks within the hive itself, I have to be careful about what I put in it. As it stands I'm thinking of converting the pylons into models.

@Carnage
Actually the hive isn't very open at all; between the pylons and the underside of the walkway, skulks have plenty of hiding spots

Soylent_green · June 2005

That hive needs some serious infestation, and I'm not talking a little sad pile in some corner.

Mouse · June 2005

And here's the transition from lower to upper.

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0005.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0006.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0004.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[EDIT] two more because the #nsmapping nubs are impossible to please

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0007.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://www.terminus-discord.com/~mouse/ns_frigid0008.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

vOlume · June 2005

Very nice mouse.

HPAG · June 2005

Looks good. If only knock back was still around you could knock each other off etc.

pulsar · June 2005

i like this map

Pulsar

Naigel · June 2005

That looks very neat, keep it going!

Superbeast · June 2005

Looking good mouse, looking forward to helping you pt it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

moultano · June 2005

I think you should think about reshaping the cross sectional shape of those hallways, or putting details recessed into the walls. At the moment they look too twisty to be practical as simple access hallways, but too plain to have their curviness dictated by some other structural element.

Invader_Scoot · June 2005

WAY too much blue there mouse. Change it up a bit.

Kaine · June 2005

not sure whether using models for the pylons will be viable, remember that skulks don't stick to models (iirc) and the lighting will be totally different on the models than it would be if it were a part of the map.

regardless, i will knock something up for you to test it out.

Crispy · June 2005

Yeah but you can surround the model with a func_wall. TBH I don't think it's a problem, but I wouldn't mind a trim on the floor grating. It might be nice to make a texlight at either side, add a bit more feeling to it without comprimising the overall brightness.

Mouse · June 2005

For some random trivia, all the lighting thusfar has been done purely with point lights; no light_spots, no texture lights.

Thaldarin · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kaine @ Jun 20 2005, 11:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> not sure whether using models for the pylons will be viable, remember that skulks don't stick to models (iirc) and the lighting will be totally different on the models than it would be if it were a part of the map.

regardless, i will knock something up for you to test it out.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Thats where clip brushes come in <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

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